This year for Halloween Hunter and Racer decided they wanted to be the red and black ninjas from Lego’s toy line and television show Ninjago. My wife used her incredible pattern drafting and construction skills to make the boy’s costumes out of cardboard so that the costumes looked like real-life Lego mini figures.

The amount of detail that went into each costume is mind-boggling. The bodies and legs are made out of cardboard and the detailing on the bodies was done with construction paper! We found the masks at the dollar store and filling out the costumes are tracksuits.

The other day I came across Hot Tamale candy spray and couldn’t stop myself from buying it. I pictured the look on the boy’s faces – contorting as their expressions moved from excitement to panic – as the heat from the candy assaulted their tastebuds. Unfortunately, this was not the case.